Property crime incidence rates per 100,000 population for Canada and its provinces from 1998 to 2014. The Government of Alberta published this statistic using data from the Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics' Uniform Crime Reporting Survey. This survey provides a continuous historical record of police-reported crime data collected from every police agency in Canada.
Use Cases
- Analyzing national and provincial property crime trends over time based on the 1998-2014 time series.
- Modeling the relationship between crime rates and demographic factors based on per capita incidence rates.
- Benchmarking provincial crime statistics for resource planning based on the survey's use for inter-provincial comparisons.
- Evaluating the impact of legislative changes on property crime based on the data's stated use for policy development.
Strengths
- Data covers a 17-year time range from 1998 to 2014.
- Rates are standardized per 100,000 population, enabling fair comparisons.
- Data originates from the authoritative Uniform Crime Reporting Survey, which has a continuous record since 1962.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Data is updated through 2026-04-17 but the time series ends in 2014; freshness for recent trends should be verified.
Provenance
- Source
- Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics (CCJS) via the Uniform Crime Reporting Survey.
- Collection Method
- Police-reported crime statistics collected in co-operation with the policing community.
- Time Range
- 1998 to 2014
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-04-17 14:36:32.299217; freshness should be verified
- Geography
- Canada and its provinces